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What are some species of fungi associated with humans

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Molds and yeasts

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Meaning of Saprophytic

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able to live on dead or decaying organic matter

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How fungi acquire food and reproduce

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acquire food by absorption, can reproduce sexually and/or asexually

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What is a mold

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Multicellular, filamentous form of fungi cosisting of thread-like filaments to form fuzzy colonies

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What is a yeast

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unicellular; produce circular, restricted, pasty or mucoid colonies

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What does dimorphic mean

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exhibit either a yeast or mold phase (may be temperature dependent)

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What is a hyphae

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Microscopic filaments (as in mold)

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What is a mycelium

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Network of hyphae; colony

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Difference between Aerial mycelium and Vegatative mycelium

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aerial mycelium grows above the substrate while vegitative mycelium grows within/below the substrate

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What is a filamentous fungi

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Mold

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Types of septate seen in mold

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septate and sparsely septate (frequent perpendicular cross-walls and infrequent perpendicular cross-walls)

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difference between hyaline and dematiaceous pigmentation

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Hyaline (nonpigmented hyphae) vs Dematiaceous (dark and pigmented hyphae; due to presence of melanin in the cell wall)

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How Unicellular yeast reproduces

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asexually (budding and binary fission) and sexually

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What is Conidia

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asexual spores

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Role of conidia

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Means of dispersal, or survival (dormant state)

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How conidia can vary

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vary in size, shape, and color; Unicellular or multicellular

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What is the spectrum of mycotic disease

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superficial, cutaneous, mucosal, systemic

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How fungi are classified

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traditionally botanic taxonomy or clinical microbiology groupings

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Clinical microbiology groupings of fungal diseases (mycoses)

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superficial, cutaneous, systemic, opportunistic

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Superficial mycoses

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confined to the outermost “dead” layer of the skin or hair

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cutaneous mycoses

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affects the keratinized layer of the skin,hair or nails

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systemic mycoses

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affects the intenal organs or deep tissues of the body

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opportunistic mycoses

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found primarily in immunocompromised persons; infections of a great variety of tissues

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How do opportunistic mycoses pose a significant diagnostic challenge

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complexity of the patient population at risk and increasing array of fungi that can infect these individuals

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Superficial / cutaneous mode of transmission
person to person or from animal to human contact
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Subcutaneous mode of transmission
through the skin (trauma to the skin)
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Deep mycoses mode of transmission
Opportunistic growth in immunocompromised; inhalation of spores or in presence of intravenous devices
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Lab values to support bacterial pathogen
Increased WBC count, Neutrophils, marked increase in total protein, Marked decrease in glucose, CSF Lactate > 35 mg/dl
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Lab values to support viral pathogen
Increased WBC count, Lymphocytes, moderate increase in total protein, normal glucose, Lactate normal
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lab values to support fungal pathogen
Increased WBC, Lymphocytes and monocytes, mod-marked increase in total protein, normal to low glucose, lactate >25 mg/dl
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How specimens should be handled when processing
Specimens should be processed under a biological safety cabinet
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How saprobes can affect a specimen in the lab
They can be found in the air generally and can be transmitted to growing/testing mediums
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Spectrum of antifungal agents (broad v narrow)
Antifungal agents act on a spectrum of activity. Broad spectrum agents can be more broadly effective against many different organisms. Narrow spectrum agents are more specific and can be less intense
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difference between fungistatic and fungicidal
Both describe the activity of antifungal agents. One kills organisms while the other inhibits the growth of an organism (cidal, static)
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Fungistatic
Level of antifungal activity that inhibits the growth of an organism
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Fungicidal
the ability of antifungal agent to kill an organism in vitro or in vivo
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What would happen if you use 2 antifungal agents?
synergism or anagonism can occur. The antifungal agents can work together to beat the organism or they can inhibit the effectiveness of the agents
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What are systemically active agents
Systemically active agents work through the whole whole body to fight off the organism
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Polyene
Binds to ergosterol to destroy the integrity of the fungal cell membrane
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Azole
inhibits fungal enzyme lanosterol 14-α-demethylase, cell membrane synthesis of fungal cell
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Echinocandins
inhibits synthesis of 1,3 beta-glucans (constituent of fungal cell wall)
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Flucytosine
interferes with the synthesis of DNA,RNA and proteins (fluorouracil)
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Allyamines
inhibit enzyme squalene epoxidase, leads to a toxic amount of squalene in the fungal cell membrane
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difference between topical and systemic active agents
topical agents are used in the treatment of superficial, cutaneous and mucosal infections. Systemic is a more thorough infection of the body. Topical vs systemic therapy is dependent on status of host, type and extent of the infection, and location of the infection
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Development of antifungal resistance is due to
emergence of intrinsically resistant species or a gradual stepwise alteration of cellular strucutres or functions
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Mechanisms of antifungal resistance
Efflux pumps (reduces accumulation of drug), target alterations, overexpression of target
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Primary systemic pathogens
pathogens capable of initiating infection in a normal, apparently immunocompetent host
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Opportunistic pathogens
pathogens that only cause infection when there are disruptions in the protective barriers of the skin and mucous membranes or when defects in the host immune system allows them to penetrate, colonize and reproduce in the host (most fungi)
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Pathogenesis of Fungal disease
ability of pathogens to effect the body, primary systemic pathogens vs opportunitsic pathogens
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Saprobic phase
pathogens are found in soil or decaying vegetation which leads to the next phase that forms infectious airborne cells
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Parasitic phase
the pathogen has adapted ot growth at 37C and reproduces in host respiratory mucosa

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